Browsing Plant Science by Author "Van der Bank, Michelle"

Browsing Plant Science by Author "Van der Bank, Michelle"

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  • DNA barcodes reveal microevolutionary signals in fire response trait in two legume genera 
    Bello, Abubakar; Daru, Barnabas H.; Stirton, Charles H.; Chimphango, Samson B.M.; Van der Bank, Michelle; Maurin, Olivier; Muasya, A. Muthama (Oxford University Press, 2015-10-27)
    Large-scale DNA barcoding provides a new technique for species identification and evaluation of relationships across various levels (populations and species) and may reveal fundamental processes in recently diverged ...
  • Extinction risk and diversification are linked in a plant biodiversity hotspot 
    Davies, T. Jonathan; Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Bellstedt, Dirk U.; Boatwright, James S.; Bytebier, Benny; Cowling, R.M. (Richard Mark); Forest, Felix; Harmon, Luke J.; Muasya, A. Muthama; Schrire, Brian D.; Steenkamp, Yolande; Van der Bank, Michelle; Savolainen, Vincent (Public Library of Science, 2011-05-24)
    It is widely recognized that we are entering an extinction event on a scale approaching the mass extinctions seen in the fossil record. Present-day rates of extinction are estimated to be several orders of magnitude greater ...
  • A new species of Combretum section Ciliatipetala (Combretaceae) from southern Africa, with a key to the regional members of the section 
    Maurin, O.; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam); Jordaan, Marie; Van der Bank, Michelle (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    Combretum stylesii O.Maurin, Jordaan & A.E.van Wyk, a liana or slender tree with scrambling branches from the Tugela River Valley (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, is described. Molecular data supports its placement in ...
  • A novel phylogenetic regionalization of phytogeographical zones of southern Africa reveals their hidden evolutionary affinities 
    Daru, Barnabas H.; Van der Bank, Michelle; Maurin, O.; Yessoufou, Kowiyou; Schaefer, Hanno; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Davies, T. Jonathan (Wiley, 2016-01)
    AIM : Although existing bioregional classification schemes often consider the compositional affinities within regional biotas, they do not typically incorporate phylogenetic information explicitly. Because phylogeny ...
  • Savanna fire and the origins of the 'underground forests' of Africa 
    Maurin, O.; Davies, T. Jonathan; Burrows, John E.; Daru, Barnabas H.; Yessoufou, Kowiyou; Muasya, A. Muthama; Van der Bank, Michelle; Bond, William J. (Wiley, 2014-10)
    1. The origin of fire-adapted lineages is a long-standing question in ecology. Although phylogeny can provide a significant contribution to the ongoing debate, its use has been precluded by the lack of comprehensive DNA ...
  • Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas 
    Charles-Dominique, Tristan; Davies, T. Jonathan; Hempson, Gareth P.; Bezeng, Bezeng S.; Daru, Barnabas H.; Kabongo, Ronny M.; Maurin, Olivier; Muasya, A. Muthama; Van der Bank, Michelle; Bond, William J. (National Academy of Sciences, 2016-09)
    Savannas first began to spread across Africa during the Miocene. A major hypothesis for explaining this vegetation change is the increase in C4 grasses, promoting fire. We investigated whether mammals could also have ...